Memorial
Edgar R. Mobbs, DSO.
Current Location
Between junction of Kettering Road & Wellingborough Road,, Memorial Garden, Abington Square, Northampton, Northampton, Northamptonshire, NN1 4AE, England
OS Grid Reference
SP 76095 60840
Names listed on this memorial
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- Type of Memorial
- Allegory (eg: Victory)
- WMR Reference Number
- 14949
- Description
- Three-stepped base surmounted by a tapering pillar on which stands a robed female figure representing the Goddess of Fame, holding a wreath in her left hand & a staff in her right hand. On face of pillar is a bust of Lt. Col. Mobbs with a wreath behind his head. To the left, a relief panel depicts a Rugby match & to the right, a battlefield scene.
- Inscription
- IN MEMORY OF/ EDGAR R MOBBS/ DSO/ (...)/ ERECTED BY SUBSCRIPTIONS/ OF ADMIRERS THE WORLD OVER/ TO THE MEMORY OF A/ GREAT AND GALLANT/ SOLDIER SPORTSMAN/ WHEN THE GREAT WAR BROKE OUT/ HE FOUNDED/ "MOBBS COMPANY"/ JOINED AS A PRIVATE AND ROSE/ TO COMMAND THE BATTALION/ TO WHICH IT BELONGED HE DID HIS DUTY/ EVEN UNTO DEATH
- War
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Number Commemorated
- 1
- Died
- 1
- Information shown
- surname,rank,year died,regiment,place of death,forename,additional,decorations
- Maker(s)
Alfred Turner ARA, Designer
- Sponsor Type
- private
Ceremonies
Unveiled
July 1921
LORD LILFORD, REV Canon Hussey
Dedicated
July 1921
Local Clergy/Dignitaries
Previous Location(s)
The Market Place, Northampton, Northampton, Northamptonshire, England
Year of move
1937
Reason for move
RESITED IN THE GARDEN OF REMEMBRANCE WHEN THE GARDEN WAS OPENED
- Custodian
- Memorial received by the Mayor on behalf of the Borough at the unveiling.
Components
- Pillar
Height: 6096mm
Made from: Stone - Portland
Condition: Good
- Figures
Made from: Bronze
Condition: Good
- AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN: BRITISH FIRST WORLD WAR MEMORIALS by BOORMAN, DEREK 11 Source: Image Library NIWM Published:SESSIONS 1988 YORK
- D A Reid: 'Northampton Football Club The Saints 1880-1948' pp.7-8
- Other website http://1914-1918. invasionzone.com
- Other website http://tinyurl.com/5v2khsl
- Carter Postcard Collection
- This England Magazine Summer 2014 pages 40 to 41